Biophotonics, Tryptophan and Disease

Biophotonics, Tryptophan and Disease
Author: Laura A. Sordillo
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2021-10-09
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0128227915

Biophotonics, Tryptophan and Disease is a comprehensive resource on the key role of tryptophan in wide range of diseases as seen by using optics techniques. It explores the use of fluorescence spectroscopy, Raman, imaging techniques and time-resolved spectroscopy in normal and diseased tissues and shows the reader how light techniques (i.e. spectroscopy and imaging) can be used to detect, distinguish and evaluate diseases. Diseases covered include cancer, neurodegenerative diseases and other age-related diseases. Biophotonics, Tryptophan and Disease offers a clear presentation of techniques and integrates material from different disciplines into one resource. It is a valuable reference for students and interdisciplinary researchers working on the interface between biochemistry and molecular biology, translational medicine, and biophotonics. - Shows the key role of tryptophan in diseases - Emphasizes how optical techniques can be potent means of assessing many diseases - Points to new ways of understanding autism, aging, depression, cancer and neurodegenerative diseases

Infrared and Raman Characteristic Group Frequencies

Infrared and Raman Characteristic Group Frequencies
Author: George Socrates
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2004-06-18
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780470093078

Auf dieses Nachschlagewerk wird niemand verzichten wollen, der routinemäßig IR-Spektroskopie betreibt! In die 3. Auflage wurden Moleküle und Verbindungen aufgenommen, deren Daten erst seit kurzem verfügbar sind. Erstmals finden Sie auch Raman-Daten. Erweitert wurden vor allem die Kapitel zu Makromolekülen (Polymeren und Biomolekülen), zu anorganischen Verbindungen und zum NIR. Alle Diagramme wurden neu gezeichnet. (11/00)

Stimulated Raman Scattering Microscopy

Stimulated Raman Scattering Microscopy
Author: Ji-Xin Cheng
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 612
Release: 2021-12-04
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0323903371

Stimulated Raman Scattering Microscopy: Techniques and Applications describes innovations in instrumentation, data science, chemical probe development, and various applications enabled by a state-of-the-art stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) microscope. Beginning by introducing the history of SRS, this book is composed of seven parts in depth including instrumentation strategies that have pushed the physical limits of SRS microscopy, vibrational probes (which increased the SRS imaging functionality), data science methods, and recent efforts in miniaturization. This rapidly growing field needs a comprehensive resource that brings together the current knowledge on the topic, and this book does just that. Researchers who need to know the requirements for all aspects of the instrumentation as well as the requirements of different imaging applications (such as different types of biological tissue) will benefit enormously from the examples of successful demonstrations of SRS imaging in the book. Led by Editor-in-Chief Ji-Xin Cheng, a pioneer in coherent Raman scattering microscopy, the editorial team has brought together various experts on each aspect of SRS imaging from around the world to provide an authoritative guide to this increasingly important imaging technique. This book is a comprehensive reference for researchers, faculty, postdoctoral researchers, and engineers. - Includes every aspect from theoretic reviews of SRS spectroscopy to innovations in instrumentation and current applications of SRS microscopy - Provides copious visual elements that illustrate key information, such as SRS images of various biological samples and instrument diagrams and schematics - Edited by leading experts of SRS microscopy, with each chapter written by experts in their given topics

Protein-Nanoparticle Interactions

Protein-Nanoparticle Interactions
Author: Masoud Rahman
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 95
Release: 2013-06-24
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3642375553

In recent years, the fabrication of nanomaterials and exploration of their properties have attracted the attention of various scientific disciplines such as biology, physics, chemistry, and engineering. Although nanoparticulate systems are of significant interest in various scientific and technological areas, there is little known about the safety of these nanoscale objects. It has now been established that the surfaces of nanoparticles are immediately covered by biomolecules (e.g. proteins, ions, and enzymes) upon their entrance into a biological medium. This interaction with the biological medium modulates the surface of the nanoparticles, conferring a “biological identity” to their surfaces (referred to as a “corona”), which determines the subsequent cellular/tissue responses. The new interface between the nanoparticles and the biological medium/proteins, called “bio-nano interface,” has been very rarely studied in detail to date, though the interest in this topic is rapidly growing. In this book, the importance of the physiochemical characteristics of nanoparticles for the properties of the protein corona is discussed in detail, followed by comprehensive descriptions of the methods for assessing the protein-nanoparticle interactions. The advantages and limitations of available corona evaluation methods (e.g. spectroscopy methods, mass spectrometry, nuclear magnetic resonance, electron microscopy, X-ray crystallography, and differential centrifugal sedimentation) are examined in detail, followed by a discussion of the possibilities for enhancing the current methods and a call for new techniques. Moreover, the advantages and disadvantages of protein-nanoparticle interaction phenomena are explored and discussed, with a focus on the biological impacts.

Circular Dichroism and the Conformational Analysis of Biomolecules

Circular Dichroism and the Conformational Analysis of Biomolecules
Author: G.D. Fasman
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 739
Release: 2013-11-11
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1475725086

''Excellent and very timely....It will undoubtedly become a standard reference for the application of circular dichroism (CD) to biomolecules.'' --- Quarterly Review of Biology, March 1997 ''[T]estament to the book's utility is the fact that during the course of my review I had to 'rescue' it from the desks of graduate students on an almost daily basis. In summary, this is a great book.'' --- American Scientist ''Well documented chapters provide a very good insight into the problems surrounding the conformation of biomacromolecules...An indispensible source of information.'' --- Nahrung, 42(2), 1998 Renowned experts present the first state-of-the-art description of circular dichroism spectroscopy (CD). Chapters present in-depth discussions of the history of the field, the theory of CD for application to globular proteins, membrane proteins, peptides, nucleic acids and their interactions, carbohydrates, and instrumentation. Discussions also feature new techniques using synchrotron radiation, vibrational Raman optical activity, and vibrational CD. More than 250 illustrations supplement the text.

Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering

Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering
Author: Katrin Kneipp
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 473
Release: 2006-06-21
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3540335676

Almost 30 years after the first reports on surface-enhanced Raman signals, the phenomenon of surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is now well established. SERS gained particular interest after single-molecule Raman spectroscopy had been demonstrated. This book summarizes and discusses present theoretical approaches that explain the phenomenon of SERS and reports on new and exciting experiments and applications of the fascinating spectroscopic effect.

Experimental Approaches of NMR Spectroscopy

Experimental Approaches of NMR Spectroscopy
Author: The Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Society of Japan
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 634
Release: 2017-11-23
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9811059667

This book describes the advanced developments in methodology and applications of NMR spectroscopy to life science and materials science. Experts who are leaders in the development of new methods and applications of life and material sciences have contributed an exciting range of topics that cover recent advances in structural determination of biological and material molecules, dynamic aspects of biological and material molecules, and development of novel NMR techniques, including resolution and sensitivity enhancement. First, this book particularly emphasizes the experimental details for new researchers to use NMR spectroscopy and pick up the potentials of NMR spectroscopy. Second, the book is designed for those who are involved in either developing the technique or expanding the NMR application fields by applying them to specific samples. Third, the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Society of Japan has organized this book not only for NMR members of Japan but also for readers worldwide who are interested in using NMR spectroscopy extensively.

Modern Raman Spectroscopy

Modern Raman Spectroscopy
Author: Ewen Smith
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2013-03-15
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1118681320

This book reflects the dramatic increase in the number of Raman spectrometers being sold to and used by non-expert practitioners. It contains coverage of Resonance Raman and SERS, two hot areas of Raman, in a form suitable for the non-expert. Builds Raman theory up in stages without overloading the reader with complex theory Includes two chapters on instrumentation and interpretation that shows how Raman spectra can be obtained and interpreted Explains the potential of using Raman spectroscopy in a wide variety of applications Includes detailed, but concise information and worked examples

Surface-Enhanced Vibrational Spectroscopy

Surface-Enhanced Vibrational Spectroscopy
Author: Ricardo Aroca
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2006-05-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780470035658

Surface Enhanced Vibrational Spectroscopy (SEVS) has reached maturity as an analytical technique, but until now there has been no single work that describes the theory and experiments of SEVS. This book combines the two important techniques of surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) and surface-enhanced infrared (SEIR) into one text that serves as the definitive resource on SEVS. Discusses both the theory and the applications of SEVS and provides an up-to-date study of the state of the art Offers interpretations of SEVS spectra for practicing analysts Discusses interpretation of SEVS spectra, which can often be very different to the non-enhanced spectrum - aids the practicing analyst